Grönefeld, MB&F, Cartier: Which Suits Best?

Retirement has been nothing short of an enjoyable revelation but it has not stopped me from dreaming about the next watch. Too much time on one's hands can result in the sinful pilgrimage to watch shops and boutiques and after careful (or perhaps not so careful! ) consideration, I have managed to shortlist these three candidates. Most of you have seen the wonderful movements of these watches so I shall merely post wrist shots of my wearing these beauties and perhaps you can impartially let me know which you think fits my wrist best. I have decided on three quite different watches which only similarity is perhaps the price range they fall into. I really wish I could afford all three but a major and arguably only drawback of retirement is the absence of that monthly salary!!    So I might just be able to afford one but hey I am not complaining as these really are quite special watches - the ever popular Gronefeld Remontoire with its exquisite movement, the latest MB&F Legacy Machine which is arguably its most attractive with its ingenious split escapement and last but not least the beautiful Cartier tank Cintree with its specially made curved rectangular movement issued to commemorate 100 years of the tank watch. All three will be pretty rare, the Gronefeld in stainless steel which is my desired case will be issued in 25 pieces, the MB&F with the eye catching frosted blue dial will be issued in 18 pieces while the Cartier in rose gold will only be issued in 100 pieces.



My preferred metal would be stainless steel although this rose gold model is not too shabby either




The balance of the dial is perfect and the blue is just sublime




The photo unfortunately does not capture the richness of the rose gold but what a movement!